Samples of Student Work, K5-Grade 3 160 Samples of 2nd Grade ...

Score = 4 (Advanced)
Kindergarten through 3 rd Grade Writing Samples
Sample N
Tell about your entire day at school. Remember
to include what you do in the beginning, middle
and end of your day.
MPS Writing Rubric – Formative
Strengths:
Main idea clearly communicated
Ideas well organized and developed
Effective word choice
Author’s personality imprinted on writing task
Weaknesses:
Yes
Not Yet
+ Main Idea Communicated
+ Ideas sufficiently organized &
developed
+ Evidence of author’s response
to the writing task (voice)
+ Appropriate word choice &
usage
+ Adequate sentence sense &
minimal sentence errors
+ Occasional errors in capitalization,
punctuation and spelling do not
impair comprehension
Focus of Instruction:
Student Comments:
You did an excellent job of picking precise words to
paint a clear picture for the reader. I love the
beginning and ending of the paper.
Could you add some more details to your paper
For example, why do you like science more than
social studies What don’t you like about some of
the writing prompts What do you like to read for
recreation
Teacher Comments:
Help this student to see where adding more details
would be appropriate.
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